Latest Reviews of Supermassive Games Games
Mini Review The Casting of Frank Stone (PS5) - A Stripped Back Version of the Supermassive Formula
Dark Pictures on a budget
Dead by Daylight is one of the most popular multiplayer games around, but if you have little interest in the online gaming space, then its developer Behaviour Interactive may be a relatively unknown quantity to you. To combat this disconnect, the company has employed other studios to create their own, unique take on the...
Review The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR (PSVR2) - Lousy Rails Shooter Is a Supermassive Shame
Ride it out
Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, a rails shooter with a rollercoaster theme, was one of the surprise highlights of PSVR’s catalogue, so there was understandable enthusiasm surrounding the announcement of Supermassive’s spiritual successor, The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR. Unfortunately, this is a dour shadow of a follow-up, let-down by...
Review The Quarry (PS5) - Maybe Until Dawn Was Just a Fluke
One foot in the grave
Republished on Wednesday, 15th February, 2023: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of February 2023's PS Plus Extra and Premium lineup. The original text follows. Whether it likes it or not, Supermassive Games will always have its titles compared to Until Dawn. The British developer...
Review The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me (PS5) - One for the Fans Lacks Ambition
I want to play a game
With four instalments under its belt, The Dark Pictures Anthology from Supermassive Games feels like a roller coaster. Following an underwhelming start in Man of Medan, the horror series was getting better and better with Little Hope and House of Ashes. It appears, however, the latter may have been the peak o
Review The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan (PS4) - An Unexplosive Opening
Until yawn
Republished on Wednesday 29th June 2022: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of July's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. Maybe it's just because our Dad let us watch Jaws when we were six, but we've always been skeptical of the sea. It's wet, and there's weird things in there...
Mini Review The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (PS5) - The Best Game in the Series So Far
Trapped between Iraq and a hard place
After the crummy Man of Medan and the better-but-not-quite-there Little Hope, The Dark Pictures Anthology has finally started hitting its stride with House of Ashes. Set in Iraq in 2003, the invading United States army is looking for weapons of mass destruction wink wink. Satellite imagery has alerted them to a...
Review The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope - So Much Better Than Man of Medan
There's hope yet for Supermassive
We don't need to tell you what game The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope will immediately be compared to, so let's get it over and done with straight away. The second instalment in Supermassive Games' compendium series is the closest it has come to replicating the success of Until Dawn. It finally feels like the...
Squad goals
The elite squad of United States hotshots Bravo Team think they’re home and hosed: they’ve successfully escorted the president of a fictional Eastern Europe country safely back to her destination, and all that’s left is a pat on the back and a rousing round of ‘Oorah’. But a sudden coup sees the dignitary snatched away, and...
Wendigo prophecy
Until Dawn’s breakout success has spawned all sorts of spin-offs, none really capturing the essence of the original teen slasher. The Inpatient continues this trend with a straight-faced, narrative-based PlayStation VR experience set in the 1950s. You play as a patient sectioned in Blackwood Sanatorium during its final days of...
Crime scene investigation
So far, Sony’s new PlayLink initiative hasn’t amounted to anything more than a decent selection of casual party games. Both Knowledge Is Power and That’s You follow the Jackbox Party Pack formula of wrapping up trivia questions within a fun and humorous setting, while SingStar: Celebration allows editor Sammy Barker...
Latest Supermassive Games Articles
News Gather Your Wolf Pack in The Quarry's Newly Added Multiplayer Mode
Sounds like it'll be a scream
The one-time Stadia exclusive interactive horror title, The Quarry, has just gotten a major new patch, and it introduces the multiplayer mode Wolf Pack that was delayed prior to launch. The mode is described by 2K and Supermassive Games as follows: "Wolf Pack is an invite-only mode where a host can invite up to
News The Quarry's Missing Multiplayer Mode was Delayed as a Result of the War in Ukraine
It will be released in the coming weeks
The Quarry was released last week, and while it wasn't our favourite Supermassive game, sales for the title have been strong. It was announced on 26 May that one of The Quarry's online multiplayer modes would be delayed, as Supermassive Games wanted to "deliver the best possible
News The Quarry's Launch Trailer Promises a Gory Good Time
Call 91 1
The Quarry, the highly anticipated successor to Until Dawn, is finally here, and by all accounts, it lives up to the hype. Check out the recently released launch trailer to get a taste of the frights to come. Developed by
News House of Ashes Trademarked by Until Dawn Dev Supermassive Games
Is it another Dark Pictures game?
Supermassive Games found success this generation with the release of its narrative horror title, Until Dawn. The well liked PlayStation 4 exclusive featured lots of Quantic Dream-esque branching pathways, leading to multiple different endings depending on who you managed to keep alive in the mountainside cabin...
Soapbox Video Game Delays Are Important
Gabriella urges patience
When your most anticipated game is delayed, it can be a painful pill to swallow. Admittedly, I’ve had my fair share of these instances in the past. An example of this came in 2013, when Sony made the bold decision to delay a game I had been looking forward to playing since its announcement back in 2011: Naughty Dog's...
Hands On Bravo Team Fails to Make Its Mark
Bravo?
Announced back at E3 2017 this year came the arrival of Bravo Team, the first-person PlayStation VR exclusive currently being developed by Supermassive Games — the brains behind PlayStation hits such as Until Dawn, and its soon to be released virtual reality brethren, The Inpatient. Bravo Team’s manifesto offers heart-pumping and...
E3 2017 The Inpatient Has an Appointment with PlayStation VR
We're impatient to play The Inpatient
You would think Supermassive Games would be done with spin-offs of Until Dawn with the PlayStation VR's Rush of Blood, but it's proving that it has more scares left in its universe to extract with The Inpatient, which is set 60 years before the events of the main game in the Blackwood Sanitorium. After getting...
News How Does PS4 Exclusive Until Dawn Plan to Scare You Senseless?
Terrifying tricks
We know that PlayStation 4 exclusive Until Dawn is supposed to scare us just as much as it makes us laugh, but how does developer Supermassive Games plan to pull off this trick? Well, for a start, it's hired some truly talented horror writers. "We have Larry Fassenden and Graham Reznick as our script writers,” Supermassive...
News Doctor Who on Vita Will Use Unreal Engine 3
Powered up Tardis
It's no secret that Vita is the most powerful handheld ever released, pushing visuals that, on the smaller OLED screen, can be comparable to PS3. That's reinforced by the news that the upcoming Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will use Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3, the same technology powering the PS3 and PC versions of the game. This...
News Tumble Developer Claims Move is "Too Precise"
Had to dial down the detail for blocky tumbler
We know Move is good: under the right conditions it's capable of stunning precision, as these tech demos prove. Supermassive Games, the team behind upcoming brick-stacker Tumbler, claims the controller is a bit too precise, as it had to smooth out some control kinks to get the game up to par. The amount...
News Gather Your Wolf Pack in The Quarry's Newly Added Multiplayer Mode
Sounds like it'll be a scream
The one-time Stadia exclusive interactive horror title, The Quarry, has just gotten a major new patch, and it introduces the multiplayer mode Wolf Pack that was delayed prior to launch. The mode is described by 2K and Supermassive Games as follows: "Wolf Pack is an invite-only mode where a host can invite up to
News The Quarry's Missing Multiplayer Mode was Delayed as a Result of the War in Ukraine
It will be released in the coming weeks
The Quarry was released last week, and while it wasn't our favourite Supermassive game, sales for the title have been strong. It was announced on 26 May that one of The Quarry's online multiplayer modes would be delayed, as Supermassive Games wanted to "deliver the best possible
News The Quarry's Launch Trailer Promises a Gory Good Time
Call 91 1
The Quarry, the highly anticipated successor to Until Dawn, is finally here, and by all accounts, it lives up to the hype. Check out the recently released launch trailer to get a taste of the frights to come. Developed by
News House of Ashes Trademarked by Until Dawn Dev Supermassive Games
Is it another Dark Pictures game?
Supermassive Games found success this generation with the release of its narrative horror title, Until Dawn. The well liked PlayStation 4 exclusive featured lots of Quantic Dream-esque branching pathways, leading to multiple different endings depending on who you managed to keep alive in the mountainside cabin...
Soapbox Video Game Delays Are Important
Gabriella urges patience
When your most anticipated game is delayed, it can be a painful pill to swallow. Admittedly, I’ve had my fair share of these instances in the past. An example of this came in 2013, when Sony made the bold decision to delay a game I had been looking forward to playing since its announcement back in 2011: Naughty Dog's...
Hands On Bravo Team Fails to Make Its Mark
Bravo?
Announced back at E3 2017 this year came the arrival of Bravo Team, the first-person PlayStation VR exclusive currently being developed by Supermassive Games — the brains behind PlayStation hits such as Until Dawn, and its soon to be released virtual reality brethren, The Inpatient. Bravo Team’s manifesto offers heart-pumping and...
E3 2017 The Inpatient Has an Appointment with PlayStation VR
We're impatient to play The Inpatient
You would think Supermassive Games would be done with spin-offs of Until Dawn with the PlayStation VR's Rush of Blood, but it's proving that it has more scares left in its universe to extract with The Inpatient, which is set 60 years before the events of the main game in the Blackwood Sanitorium. After getting...
News How Does PS4 Exclusive Until Dawn Plan to Scare You Senseless?
Terrifying tricks
We know that PlayStation 4 exclusive Until Dawn is supposed to scare us just as much as it makes us laugh, but how does developer Supermassive Games plan to pull off this trick? Well, for a start, it's hired some truly talented horror writers. "We have Larry Fassenden and Graham Reznick as our script writers,” Supermassive...
News Doctor Who on Vita Will Use Unreal Engine 3
Powered up Tardis
It's no secret that Vita is the most powerful handheld ever released, pushing visuals that, on the smaller OLED screen, can be comparable to PS3. That's reinforced by the news that the upcoming Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will use Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3, the same technology powering the PS3 and PC versions of the game. This...
News Tumble Developer Claims Move is "Too Precise"
Had to dial down the detail for blocky tumbler
We know Move is good: under the right conditions it's capable of stunning precision, as these tech demos prove. Supermassive Games, the team behind upcoming brick-stacker Tumbler, claims the controller is a bit too precise, as it had to smooth out some control kinks to get the game up to par. The amount...